- unitid
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{"value"=>"275267", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"EM. 669", "type"=>"local_emmet"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"Mar. 9, 1779", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1779-03-09"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Letter to the public"}
- physdesc
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{"value"=>"A. L. S. Endorsed: \"Duer's Defence.\" 14 pp. Fo", "format"=>"simple"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"In answer to an open letter from \"T. G.\" in Dunlap's [Pennsylvania Packet] of Mar. 2, 1779 which charged him with officious interference in Pennsylvania politics, during his term in Congress; defends his advocacy of the intervention by Congress in Pennsylvania affairs during the spring of 1777; justifies his actions as a member of the Board of War, and his opposition to the advancing of money to Pennsylvania by Congress."}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Duer, William (Camp on Raritan)", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"Author"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1779
- date_inclusive_end
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1779
- keydate
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1779-03-09
- date_start
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1779-03-09
- date_end
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1779-03-09